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"To promote a positive economic climate where members can succeed and grow, while facilitating and developing commercial opportunities for all businesses and residents of the greater Holyoke area."

The educational and financial future of Holyoke is in your hands!

Please join the Holyoke Taxpayers Association in collaboration with the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce on September 18, 2019 from 6:30 - 8:30 at the Holyoke Senior Center, 291 Pine Street, Holyoke, MA for an informational evening to learn about the ballot Question regarding the building of two new middle schools. The evening will have factual information for the voters in Holyoke regarding the Debt Exclusion Override and the potential impact it will have on you or your business. You will also learn about what’s new in the pipeline to increase tax revenues in Holyoke; what’s the City of Holyoke’s current indebtedness; and how does it all work.

Staffing Change:By mutual agreement, former GHCC President Barry Feingold departed the Chamber at the end of June to pursue other opportunities. Please continue to contact Jordan Hart or Soniah Gonzalez about Chamber business.

Around the World with Food in 80 Minutes

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 29, 2019-OneHolyoke CDC, a nonprofit housing organization, is hosting Around the World with Food in 80 minutes on April 26 from 5-7 p.m., a food tasting event of Holyoke’s diverse restaurants in preparation for the National Player’s performance of Around the World in 80 Days, presented by ​OneHolyoke CDC, MIFA Victory Theatre and Holyoke High School Performing & Media Arts Academy at the William R Peck School.​ The event is free for everyone and will be held at our new Flats Community Building located at 43 Canal St, Holyoke, MA. Restaurants such as Los Pecadores Restaurant, Holyoke Hummus, and many others will represent diverse communities and cuisines like Puerto Rico, the Middle East, China, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Greece, Ireland, Japan, & Thailand.

OneHolyoke CDC is involved with a variety of literacy initiatives in the Holyoke community, including bringing the National Players to Holyoke once a year. Last year, the National Players performed The Great Gatsby at Wistiarahurst Museum. Around the World with Food is meant to raise awareness of this year’s performance of Around the World in 80 Days on May 3, 2019, while showcasing Holyoke’s restaurants. Tickets to the play will be available for purchase at the food tasting.

About the play: The time: 1872. The claim: The world can be traveled in 80 days. The wager: 20,000 pounds. Determined to win, Phileas Fogg sets off with a rigid itinerary and bewildered new valet in tow—only to discover the unpredictable just might be the most rewarding of all. Join the National Players as they travel by boat, train, and elephant in Jules Verne’s epic adventure. Full of daring rescues, brash duels, and unexpected romance, Around the World in 80 Days is a trip you won’t soon forget. The National Players will also hold a special performance at Holyoke High School of The Crucible and provide a master class and acting workshop for students.

OneHolyoke is dedicated to affordable housing for Holyoke’s low-income and moderate-income families. OneHolyoke builds new homes, improves and manages a portfolio of multi-family buildings and, in partnership with the city, offers loan and grant opportunities to property owners that need to improve their properties. This is guided by their mission statement: “Every resident of Holyoke should live in a dignified home and a safe, attractive neighborhood. Everything OneHolyoke CDC does is intended to help fulfill that need.”

For more information on the Around the World with Food in 80 minutes, please contact Nayroby Rosa-Soriano at (413)409-2004. To learn more about OneHolyoke, visit their website, oneholyoke.org, or follow them on at facebook.com/oneholyoke/.